Flag carrier Philippine Airlines’ (PAL) has hired the services of Hong Kong-based Jardine Airport Services Limited (JASL) firm to train its staff at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 2 and the Mactan-Cebu International Airport.
Top executives of Jardine Airport Services Limited, a Hong Kong-based service provider, flew to Manila over the weekend to assess the situation at the PAL hub, said Sky Logistics Philippines president Rory Jon Sepulveda.
SkyLogistics Philippines (SLP) is the local partner of Jardine Airport
Services Limited (JASL). Jardine Airport Services provides ground handling and aircraft ramp handling services, such as
loading and unloading of baggage, cargo, and mail at the Hong Kong
international airport.
The company also provides passenger services,
including check-in, meeting flights/boarding control, baggage services,
ticketing and passenger information services, in town check-in services,
wheelchairs, cross boundary ferry terminal, and crowd control device
services; and operation services, including flight
operations/centralized crew administration, flight control/centralized
load control, tarmac co-ordination, and airline host DCS administration
and application/cute services.
In addition, it provides cargo services,
including import/export documentation, ULD control, tracing and claims,
warehouse supervision, space control, and freighter loadsheet services;
professional and support services, including business development and
support, quality assurance and risk management, human resources,
learning and development, finance, procurement, and information
technology services; and facility management services.
"Jardine is expected to come up with proposals for Sky Logistics to
improve NAIA and Mactan service based on Jardine’s experience in Hong Kong",
Sepulveda noted.
SLP intends to provide much better services at the Ninoy Aquino
International Airport Terminal 2 and the Mactan/Cebu International
Airport.
Sepulveda said JASL Managing Director Enoch Lam and two of his key
lieutenants toured PAL’s hub at the NAIA Centennial Terminal 2 with the
SkyLogistics team.
“They observed ramp operations, cargo and passenger
handling, and took note of how these can be improved based on their
experience in Hong Kong,” Sepulveda added.
“Jardine Airport Services is one of the world’s best airport service
providers. We’re honored that it has taken interest in our modest
operations. We hope we could reach an agreement soon so that our
customer, Philippine Airlines and its millions of passengers, can
benefit from their expertise,” says Sepulveda.
Jardine Airport Services Limited is a joint venture between China
National Aviation Co., Ltd. and Jardine, Matheson & Co., Limited.
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